The underpricing thread.

[skyhuck]

Forgive me but " making a habit of lying to clients?"

I certainly don't make a habit of lying and very much resent that.

The non-client cost me a whole 2 hours on a Saturday morning with travel time. His whole approach was that of a market trader, I simply talked to him in a language he could understand.

Calling the bluff of a 'client' to me is a harmless act and certainly not deserving of such a vitriolic response from a moderator of all people.

The client was lying in his response, that is clear, saving face instead of saying 'Sorry, I can't afford it'

Ty

 

Really????????

[Ty Korrigan]

Your avatar says it all Skyhuck.

'Some one is wrong on the internet'...

Having written that...I'm having a dump in at a clients in mine...hhhh!

Ty

[Rob D]

Very unprofessional, IMO, we are the professionals, not the clients.

 

 

When it comes to winning work, some you win some you don't, going down the road off "calling someones bluff" is a big mistake IMO, better to just let it go and get on the the jobs you do win and not worry about the ones you don't

 

 

 

IMO it's bit unprofessional - not 'very'....

 

And it is of course the best option to be calm and have a 'some you win some you don't attitude' - it's never usually going to benefit yourself....

 

but I dunno - IMO some customers do need a bit of a response catered to their attitude and treatment of you whether that is unprofessional or not

[skyhuck]

IMO it's bit unprofessional - not 'very'....

 

And it is of course the best option to be calm and have a 'some you win some you don't attitude' - it's never usually going to benefit yourself....

 

but I dunno - IMO some customers do need a bit of a response catered to their attitude and treatment of you whether that is unprofessional or not

 

I hear you Rob, but in reality these sort of clients will never get the message and will just think its you who's in the wrong or get a kick out of knowing they have "got to you", always better to just let it go, IMHO.

[Le Sanglier]

IMO it's bit unprofessional - not 'very'....

 

And it is of course the best option to be calm and have a 'some you win some you don't attitude' - it's never usually going to benefit yourself....

 

but I dunno - IMO some customers do need a bit of a response catered to their attitude and treatment of you whether that is unprofessional or not

 

Oh yes! I agree I have spent many a saturday morning utterly utterly wasted

by some awful time wasters.

TBH he did not insult the client he just called his bluff. Makes me wish I had been a little less "professional" with some of them.

[swinny]

Merry Christmas

[skyhuck]

Merry Christmas

 

Bit early, your worse than the shops

[swinny]

Bit early, your worse than the shops

 

Just trying to make you lot a bit more up beat and happy lol

[Le Sanglier]

Just trying to make you lot a bit more up beat and happy lol

 

Huck and Ty are never happier than when "having a heated debate"

[Rob D]

I hear you Rob, but in reality these sort of clients will never get the message and will just think its you who's in the wrong or get a kick out of knowing they have "got to you", always better to just let it go, IMHO.

 

 

Yep good point - much better to walk away from these situations calmly and move on.... as you say customers like these will not change their attitude, they have already wasted your time why allow them to waste more (i.e the time you spend in your head thinking about it and winding yourself up)..... and what satisfaction is there in calling his bluff had it been successful?....

 

 

...little to none really.... much better to just move on. Something I find very difficult sometimes!!